Chapter 7 Early Childhood

Question 1

What motor skill enjoy simple movements such as hopping, jumping, and running back and forth.

Answer 1

Gross motor skills

Question 2

A pituitary gland secretes scare growth hormone.

Answer 2

Growth hormone deficiency

Question 3

This is the fundamental for child’s development.

Answer 3

Sleep

Question 4

Changeable mental activities that enable a child to function.

Answer 4

Operations

Question 5

This is the capacity to envision and think symbolically, it also begins to relate this ability through behavior and language.

Answer 5

Preoperational stage

Question 6

The child’s restricted ability to differentiate and comprehend points of view other than their own.

Answer 6

Egocentrism

Question 7

It is the belief of a child that inanimate objects have the attributes and motion of living beings.

Answer 7

Animism

Question 8

The application of a child’s interpretation of a fixed idea to a specific context.

Answer 8

Centration

Question 9

Honing the child’s tasks, abilities, and progress in terms of what they can accomplish independently.

Answer 9

Zone of Proximal Development

Question 10

The extent to which a child can learn with the assistance of an instructor.

Answer 10

Upper Limit

Question 11

The level of the child’s ability to work independently.

Answer 11

Lower Limit

Question 12

Changing the amount of assistance provided to a child based on its performance.

Answer 12

Scaffolding

Question 13

The child’s acquisition of new skills and knowledge was facilitated by social interaction and social context.

Answer 13

Social Constructivist Approach

Question 14

The child’s perception of objects evolves over time, and their muscles are well established enough that they can move their eyes according to their interests.

Answer 14

Perceptual Development

Question 15

The capacity to mentally represent an object that is not visible.

Answer 15

Substage of Symbolic Function

Question 16

The child becomes curious and asks numerous questions as they strive to understand their surroundings through premature reasoning.

Answer 16

Intuitive Thought Substage

Question 17

Allow children to express themselves, solve problems, and learn new things

Answer 17

Language and thought

Question 18

Characterized by the concentration of mental resources and the pursuit of specific interest in the information.

Answer 18

Attention

Question 19

The ability of children to block out other sources of information and focus solely on a single task.

Answer 19

Executive Attention

Question 20

Children’s ability to focus on a task for an extended period of time.

Answer 20

Sustained Attention

Question 21

The ability to recall information for an extended period of time

Answer 21

Memory

Question 22

Describes the capacity to store and absorb information for a brief period of time.

Answer 22

Short-term Memory

Question 23

Recalling knowledge or memories from one’s own life that are substancial and unforgettable.

Answer 23

Autobiographical Memory

Question 24

The greater level of cognition skills that are used to manage and regulate mental abilities and behavior.

Answer 24

Executive function

Question 24

Consciousness of one’s own and others’ mental processes.

Answer 24

The Child’s Theory of Mind

Question 25

At the age of two, the child is conscious of the fact that what another person deems will also be deemed by her own eyes.

Answer 25

Perception

Question 26

The child is now able to discern between positive and negative emotion.

Answer 26

Emotions

Question 27

When a child is in this mental state, they will try to get what they desire.

Answer 27

Desire

Question 28

It demonstrates the children’s physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development.

Focuses on the child. Learning is created for the individual.

Answer 28

The Child-Centered Kindergarten

Question 29

Children have the autonomy to select their activities and the liberty to accomplish and change based on their interest.

Answer 29

The Montessori Approach

Question 30

It focusses on the significance of creating an environment that promotes student engagement and reflects children’s interest and abilities.

Age-appropriate education.

Answer 30

Developmentally Appropriate Practice

Question 31

Education that focuses on the typical developmental patterns of children (age appropriateness) and the uniqueness of each child (individual-appropriateness).

Answer 31

Developmentally Appropriate and Inappropriate Education

Question 32

It is a compensatory program designed to provide children from low-income families the opportunity to acquire the skills and experiences important for success in school.

Answer 32

Project Head Start

Question 33

Was established in 1995 to serve children from birth to 3 years of age.

Answer 33

Early Head Start